Chronology of Field Trip Courses: 1898-1934

1901-1905

July 1901

Dr. H. C. Cowles of the University of Chicago will conduct a field
party during August in northwestern Montana. The party will number about
twenty and the work will be along ecological lines. Most of the work
will be in the neighborhood of Flathead Lake where the state biological
station is located.

1901-02

Botany 36: Field Ecology
2nd term Summer Quarter
Dr. Cowles
In the summer of 1901 this course will be given in the West, probably
in Montana. This course may be given in Florida in the winter of 1902

Botany 34: Physiographic Ecology
Origin, development, and death of the various plant societies, especially
such as are found in the United States and Canada. Field work.
Spring Quarter
Dr. Cowles
2nd term Summer Quarter
Dr. Cowles and Mr. Transeau

1902-03

Botany 36: Field Ecology
2nd term Summer Quarter
Dr. Cowles and Mr. Whitford
In the summer of 1902 this course is offered in the east by Dr. Cowles
and in the west by Mr. Whitford. Dr. Cowles will conduct a party to
Mt. Katahdin and the Maine coast starting August 12; Mr. Whitford will
conduct a party to the Rocky mountain district of Montana, starting
about August 1. These parties will spend about 4 weeks in the field

May 1902

In the latter part of March Professor C. B. Davenport and Dr. H. C.
Cowles of the University of Chicago conducted a part of students to
the gulf coast of Mississippi

October 1902

Dr. Henry C. Cowles with a party of fourteen has been studying the
climatic and edaphic influences on the flora of Mt. Katahdin, Maine....a
large number of plants and photographs were collected...

1903-04

September 1903

Dr. H. C. Cowles is conducting a party from the University of Chicago,
which is engaged in ecological work in Arizona. The party will examine
the aspects of both desert and mountain flora

1904-05

Botany 36: Field Ecology
2nd term Summer Quarter
Mr. Howe [Clifton Durant Howe, Assistant in Ecology]
In 1904 Mr. Howe plans to conduct a party to the Adirondacks and Green
Mountains

March 1904

Dr. H. C. Cowles of the University of Chicago has been sent by the
department of botany to investigate the Everglade region of Florida
using the U. S. Subtropical Laboratory at Miami as a base of operations.

August 1905

Professor John M. Coulter and Dr. H. C. Cowles will spend the autumn
and winter in Europe returning to their duties at the University of
Chicago April 1, 1906.